Hey all! Welcome back to another fun-filled Community Newsletter! First things first, we hope you had a fantastic Holiday and Thanksgiving! We are going to start this newsletter off with the EU folks on the other side of the pond. Hope y’all enjoy and we’ll see you during Friendship Festival this 2023!
So, the highly awaited Quality of Life (QoL) Update for Wizard101 EU has arrived! While Nana was baking cookies over in Karamelle, we've been working on getting this update out to you as soon as possible with tons of exciting new content to explore!
The 4th Arc Continues and players who have completed Karamelle can also now pick up a new mainline quest, "Old is New Again." in the Arcanum. Uncover lost mysteries that set the stage for our next world release!
Click here for more information on the Update Notes!
KI LIVE: FIRST STREAM OF 2023
Thank you all for stopping by our first KI Live of the year! On the show, we teased new content for BOTH Wizard101 and Pirate101, discovered new and profound ways to appreciate art, and only lost a couple brain cells.
Missed the show? No worries! You can watch the recording on YouTube:
It's always a blast hanging out with the community, so let us know what you most like about KI Lives so we can continue to make them even more fun to watch.
For those who didn't get a chance to redeem the KI Live giveaway code yet, we opened it up again RABBITFOOD123 for another 500 redemptions to get the KI Live Snack Pack in both Wizard101 and Pirate101!
Keep updated on the latest news for next month on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, including special announcements from community fansites! Read on for more fun happenings with the community and their Spiral activities.
ISLEPLAY IS BACK
Welcome back to this year's very first IslePlay Community Livestream hosted but Hawkules and Kyle IceWielder! In this episode, we featured two of the most powerful people in the Spiral! You ask Artie and Ratbeard your most hard-hitting design questions!
IslePlay our official Community Livestream will be streaming every other Friday starting at 3:00pm CST / 9:00pm UTC so mark those Calendars.
If you didn’t know, Wizard101 has TikTok. Follow our official TikTok to see some magically relatable content, such as bloopers and clips of our funniest moments!
Let us know what you’d like to see on our TikTok, whether it be new items showcase perhaps or teasers?! You let us know in the comments of our newest TikTok’s.
The Wizard101 and Pirate101 Twitter accounts are running a long series of votes to find out who the fan-favorite NPC’s are! We’re only halfway through the first round of voting, so there’s still plenty of time to boost your favorite character to the top.
Don’t forget to check our social media’s to see who will be facing who each week!
NEW ART FROM ADAM ROUSH
Adam Roush is our Senior Concept Artist here at KingsIsle Entertainment. Sometimes Adam will create a series of concept art for a particular scene or character. Here are a few concepts of his most recent pieces this month:
“Here's the Auspicious Rabbit Pet, which is very cute. I love designing these Lunar New Year pets :)” - Adam Roush
“Here's temple designs from the Catmandu Sanctuary Bundle. It's based on Nepalese architectural style with a strong cat & yarn theme. I had a lot of fun adding those feline motifs, like the ears on the roof or cat-shaped archways.” - Adam Roush
"Here's the Lucky Cat pet from the Catmandu Sanctuary Bundle. Just a very floofy kitten :)." - Adam Roush
"Here's the Chimney Sweep Gear from the Winter SOF. It was fun adding in subtle fantasy details, like the leather patches on the shoulders, the diamond buttons, and the stitching on the jacket." - Adam Roush
ART SPOTLIGHT
For this month’s art spotlight, we are showcasing Retro, Korppi, Ashley, and Varllaiart! These were our 2022 Winter Wonderland Digital winners, give them some love!
“Decided to draw the Valet with my wizard, I think they would get along great while baking together ^^ (and maybe without the Irks...)” - Retro
“I'm a 3D Artist and I decided to create an Irk causing some mischief. The Irk's design is so fun and unique, I really enjoyed creating this piece x).” - Korppi
“I chose the banana spider because I thought they were a unique creature and absolutely adorable in the snow. I chose for one of them to be throwing a giant snowball at the other.” - Ashley
“I chose the character Maxine Rockhoppierre from Wizard101 for my artwork because I have always liked "semi-antagonist" characters. Despite her waspish character at the beginning, I like her a lot - she is very memorable.” - Varllaiart
We would love to see more screenshots and art from the community for next month’s newsletter. Do you have something amazing to share? Send it to us in an email to community@kingsisle.com! We’re always interested in showing off more fan art, gameplay guides, videos, and other content.
Thanks, Wizards!
COMMUNITY BULLETIN
Community art by: Swordroll
Video Spotlight
In this section we wanted to highlight some recent, entertaining videos for the month! If you’d like to be featured in this section, start a new walkthrough, create a review on something new, or do something completely creative!
Zaepha created a first impression of our newest world, Novus! In this video she gives you her first impressions of test realm and cover all the major changes you'll want to keep an eye on as test realm progresses. This has been the most excited I've been to play wiz in a while, so strap in!
Don’t stop there... here are some more great videos created this month!
The Craft Box took on the task to defeat the Jamburglar without using any damage spells to get the “Drawless Victory” badge in Karmalle! Check out how they did it! - You can finally get this Wizard101 badge.
Guide Spotlight
If you need a GREAT guide, this is the place for you! Most of these guides will be up to date and are made by the community! We can’t thank you enough for creating such informative guides. We see and read everything!
Final Bastion helps you find all the Cantrip Chest locations in the newest world in Wizard101, Novus! “Are you hunting for spellements for Novus spells? Check out this guide for the location of every single Novus Cantrip chest!” - Wizard101 Cantrip Chest Locations: Novus
Zaepha also created a very informative video guide on how to properly and effectively participate in the Spiral Showcase and finish your Scroll of Fortune. Check it out! - Wizard101|The *ULTIMATE* Spiral Showcase Guide
FOLLOW WIZARD101
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